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Doom: Awesome, Episode 1

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Remember episode 1, the original? Remember how simple it is? Simple architecture, simple detail, simple puzzles. That's what made all of the original episodes KICK ASS. For years people took this single episode, a monument to the perfection of gameplay, and tried to replicate it. For a while it was enough. Not anymore. Nowadays, the only acceptable type of Doom wad is the kind that feels as little like Doom as possible. But when it gets to that point... who the hell cares about Doom? Why mod for a game which people still play for its simplicity if what you're going to try to accomplish is make it seem as modern as possible? Why mod for Doom, of all games? Well, whatever. I can't do anything about it. But I can make something. Here is a set of nine simple, but fun levels. Hopefully they will hold some feeling of nostalgia, as well as serve as a reminder of why we love Doom.
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what do we have here? oh wait, another Doom E1 replacement. jeez I play too much of these, and this one honestly doesn't feel as different as the rest. it tries to at least, E1M3 definitely shows how tough it is to get a secret exit, although E1M9 isn't really anything to write home about. short levels overall. no plasma weapons, but we do have non-shareware enemies showing up E1M8 manages to be tough due to the lack of the rocket launcher vs. several barons, then you get one to fight the cyber. may or may not be worth playing, you decide.

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Overall, a pretty good mapset, even if a little hard sometimes

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Good, but flawed. Worth playing? Yes. Final level is insane but, a dozen barons and a cyberdemon, a handful of rockets and no plasma. Kinda ruined it.
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shows a lot of good potential. but fuck the gameplay and flow needs a lot of work.
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This held my interest until E1M4, when things started getting weird and very different from E1 style: cacodemons, switch/run/swith/run crap, hordes of identical monsters unleashed at once instead of strategically selected and placed, etc. Could have been much better! 3/5
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what a shitload of fuck this is!!!!!!!
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The first reviewer is an idiot. These are good 1994 like maps and for that 4/5 stars.
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This plays really well and is great fun. The reviewer makes a good point; a lot of modern maps loose themselves in the focus to be bigger and better and subsequently the basic elements, such as themes, level design and player empowerment don't stand out as much. However you can't blame people for having high ambitions :) I think, like in all things, there is a steady evolution in what you see. Whether it is good or bad varies with the topic in question. FIVE OUT OF FIVE.
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A fun romp. ~CSon
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I love it. Great fun to play, nice simplistic design, and a good break from all these annoying ones like the designer said. I wanna bang this wad, hard. 5/5 - Lamneth
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A thought they were a good and very playable set of levels. I didn't like the music tho.. lol.
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Wow, this is awesome! :D
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This is the umpteenth E1-style project of recent weeks; cruder than "Systematic Corruption" and "Knee Deep in ZDoom", on a par with "A New Nightmare". The original E1 levels were generally compact, whereas these are large and empty-feeling (e.g. E1M2, and E1M5, which is beyond tedious), with very little detail, and swarms of one kind of monster (e.g. E1M9). It plays just like a finished 1994-era levelset (E1M6 gave me flashbacks). Dull by modern standards.
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Large bare rooms that really don't feel like E1 at all, with so-so gameplay. 2/5
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Hard sometimes but worth the handiwork. I liked it and the partial retro style. 3,5/5. -Caco
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A pretty good set of levels. E1M8 sucked though. I mean that was a horrible way to end a pretty good episode of levels. How do you expect anyone to beat a cyber demon with some shells, no health, and a few rockets?
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After playing I think this was a pretty good episode, not Awesome but pretty damn good. Its not E1 style but its still good. Reccomended download. 4 Stars -PC
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Whoever said this was "dull" above needs to stop jacking off to Tormentor's maps. This wad rules.
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I don't wanna step on the author's effort, but this has nothing to do with episode 1. I can somewhat relate to and understand his vision and I respect the work gone into creating this map set, however I just cant escape the feeling that you're not quite playing the same thing as he imagined in his head. Some of the design reminds me more of old school Doom 2 maps and although this was meant to be simple and good with a kick back in time the quality of the gameplay in most aspects falls short.
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5, very fun.
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It's been a while since I've played a set of maps with such consistently boring and uninspired gameplay. For fans of chainsawing dozens of demons and sging barons over and over again. Whoever said it was dull was right, on all counts raised in that review. 2/5 - Belial
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Haven't finished it so far, but it's simoply... awesome!!! It's oldschool, not like the other oldschool that try to resemble E1M1 a lot, but has his own interesting structures in each map (I like the fortress map very much), good music tunes, great gameplay! 5/5 - Optimus
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Evilution on E1? Delirium tremens. Music selection is awful too. - 2/5
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It's irrelevant that it doesn't look like the Knee Deep in the Dead in design. That's totally secondary, and there's nothing wrong with making a set that roughly emulates the texturing in E1 but uses different architecture (at least it can be original). Playability here is subpar, though, since most of it is too straightforward, easy, and slow. The last level's fight against Barons of hell is particularly bad. Work more on how it plays and you'll do well. [2/5] ~Chain Mail (08/2007)
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